Fighters from the United Liberation Movement of Liberia shoot their way through downtown Monrovia, Liberia, April 16, 1996, during the West African country's civil war. Jean-Marc Bouju/AP/File By Ayen ...

Former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has revealed that Nigeria’s intervention in Liberia’s civil war was driven by the need to safeguard the economic and political stability of West ...

In a renewed push for long-delayed justice, the human rights community, led by the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) and supported by civil society organizations, transitional ...

Alieu Kosiah was again found guilty of multiple atrocities committed during the first of Liberia’s back-to-back civil wars, in which around 250,000 people died between 1989 and 2003. His lawyer Dmitri ...

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On a sticky hot Liberian Saturday afternoon, doll-faced Caroline, 15, sat across a poorly lit room while a much younger girl talked. When Caroline’s turn to speak arrived, her eyes picked a spot on ...

(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers continue to arrest and deport war criminals. The latest is a female Liberian war lord and child soldier recruiter. After she ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. JOHANNESBURG • They make an odd team: the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the former warlord who once sipped a beer while watching ...